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On this West Virginia Morning, we explore the complexities of housing, homelessness, and community. A group called “Humans of Morgantown” is using art created by unhoused citizens to bring a humanizing perspective to the discussion.
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Nominations for the 2022 West Virginia Governor's Arts Awards are open for submissions, with an awards presentation planned for next month.
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On this West Virginia Morning, we continue our “Returning Home” series by exploring how art can help bridge cultural and racial divides. Also, in this show, state officials announced the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in West Virginia.
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Localization brings together Huntington for celebration of art and community.
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When people talk about Appalachian music, banjos and fiddles are often the first things to come to mind. But what about hip-hop? Hip-hop lives all over, including in small towns and hollers across Appalachia. In this episode of Inside Appalachia, we’ll meet hip hop artists in southwest Virginia. And we’ll hear why herbal remedies are experiencing a renaissance. But those remedies have been a tradition in Appalachia for centuries. We’ll also learn how Blenko Glass, a historic West Virginia artisan business, based in Milton, West Virginia, managed to stay open during the pandemic by retooling a mythical monster into art.
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An exhibit in Beckley called “Social Studies” is displaying visual art that relates to local, national and even global social standards.
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On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from artists working hard every day to bring us beauty and perspective here in Appalachia.When the pandemic first…
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Painter Chuck Ripper was born in Pittsburgh on October 28, 1929. His father was a blacksmith and an amateur landscape painter, who spent hours in the…
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Walking down the streets of Greensboro, Pennsylvania, it feels a bit like a ghost town. There are houses, business signs, a post office, but only two cars…